David was startled to see her, she was the last person that he expected to be there. He pulled her into the room and shut the door immediately. "Stefanie, what are you doing here?" He asked, visibly worried for her. "I saw the news, I saw how angry the crowd was and then Dre called me," She said. "He got your text and contacted Ethan and me, we are going to get you out." David's jaw dropped to the ground, he couldn't believe that his friends would risk their life trying to save him. "Stefanie, you can't be here." He sighed. "It's too dangerous." "Yes, I agree, I shouldn't be here, but neither should you. If they feel they can throw you in front of an angry crowd of people, they must be stupid. We are getting you out of here." David wanted to say something else to her, something to tell her how impossible her bright idea was, but he heard someone walk up to the door. He pressed Stefanie to the wall and held his hand over her mouth. He mouthed for her to keep quiet. "David,
David regretted it all, at this point. His life was better as a loser. Yes, he got bullied and maltreated a lot because he was poor, but at least no one had to die for him. He didn't want his friends to die because of him, no he would rather die for them. "Let them go, Gary." David sighed. "You have me, you can do whatever you want with me, but let my friends go." "Your friends know the truth, we can't let them live." Gary reminded him. "Remember the servants that saw your face? Remember the worker that knew your identity? They were all killed, that's exactly what's going to happen to your friend." David's heart tightened on hearing that, he shut his eyes as if to get rid of those painful words. All he saw were bad memories, he was right there when Rosie killed those workers, and he was also there when they took Wendy away. Maybe this was all coming back to haunt him because he didn't do enough to save them. That's why his friends now have the same fate. "Please." David's voic
The crowd went absolutely crazy when David announced that to them. The protesters wanted to kill him with their screams, while the journalists were trying to climb over the soldiers so that they could speak to him. Even with that, it was like everything was muted and in slow motion to David. He was looking from one side of the crowd to the other, all he heard was his heart banging against his chest. Strong hands pulled him away as the flashes from the cameras almost blinded him. He was taken into the building and the guards shield him from unseen danger. They continued that way until they pushed him into a room. David found himself with Gary and Rosie again. Gary had his head against the wall and was hitting it with his fists. Rosie was walking to and fro, her right index finger in her mouth. Something about the misery he had caused them was so appealing to him. He laughed, slowly at first, until it was a fit and he was holding his belly.Rosie was looking at him as if he had
David was sitting on the ground in the room that had become his prison. He had sat in the same position for hours now, so long that his legs couldn't be felt again. He was staring at the door, his gateway to freedom. He has sat there for days now, he was slowly slipping into an ominous version of himself. He refused to eat, he fought with the guards who came in, and he cursed at his father even though he wasn't there with him. David's fingers were going through his hair, a loop that he had been repeating for hours. He saw movement around the door, he wasn't going to pay them any attention. The door opened and Gary walked in, this was the first time that Gary was coming to see him after all these days. Gary's left hand was in his pocket, and the right was holding onto his signature golden walking stick. "Good morning, young master," Gary said. "You still haven't eaten, have you?" "What do I need to do to get you to stop calling me that?" David was calm, but he was boiling on t
Alexa walked back into the room, leaving the door unlocked. Dominic walked in after her, he shut the door closed. She was dressed up, taking up her only bag from the bed. Dominic dropped the flowers on the table since she didn't take them. "Won't you ask after your son?" He asked her. "Why should I?" She huffed. "He didn't listen to me when I warned him about you." He smiled like she had given him a compliment, but it was the other way around. He walked over to her, she was standing by the window. "If you didn't care about David, then why did you come here?" He rubbed his jaw. "Because I got a call that you locked him up like a criminal." Her face stiffened with anger. "Why would you do that to him?" "He went against me, you of all people should know that I am big on obedience." He said. "Didn't you tell him that?" She was angry, so she picked up her bag and put it against her shoulder. "Look, he is your responsibility now." She pointed at him, her voice heavy. "No matter w
David was still in his prison, thinking about his life and how suddenly, he had gone down this slope. He was still deep in thought when the door opened. His father walked in again, this time in black trousers and a white buttoned-up shirt – Mister Dominic just looked good in everything.Even with that, David could not bring himself to look his father in the eye. It was like the harder he tried, the more he came to hate the man. Dominic Ford pulled a chair like he did the last time, and he sat before David. "So, I assume that you are done with all your games and are ready to do things my way." He asked. David didn't reply to him, but Dominic took that as a positive answer. David wasn't protesting or resisting, he was finally broken. "First of all, we are going to have a change of name for you. Wyatt is your mother's name, not mine, so from now on, you are David Ford." Dominic said. "I'm not a Ford." David finally spoke. "What did you say?""Stop trying to rebrand me. My name is
SIX MONTHS LATER David Wyatt disappeared from the public's eyes again. It was kind of odd given that everyone now knew who he was. The Dominic Ford group of companies never came forth to explain what happened. New managers were hired, and the company continued operations, but David and Dominic were not seen at all. Speculations came, but they died as soon as they came. People came up with different untrue stories, but none stood the test of time. Natalie started a podcast called "Dated the secret heir," she gave out unsolicited advice because she felt she hit the biggest jackpot when it came to dating. She grew a small fan base, she held her talk every week, talking about how dating was with David Wyatt. David's popularity grew so much, he was in the news for being such a handsome young man and also for having such a heartless, but rich, father. His ex-classmates were now mini gods, having breathed the same air as David. Dre, Ethan, Stefanie, Dre's girlfriend, and David's cow
Rosie considered writing an email to David or leaving a letter with his Victoria-secret-model-looking secretary, but she dumped the whole idea. She deserved to see the look on his face when she handed him his resignation letter. He fired her from his company, but Gary still made her work with him. She spent months waiting for an explanation from him, but he came back to ignore her. She had a long chain of businesses, she was going to do fine. He had no reason to make her feel as shitty as he did. She waited outside his office, she had waited for close to five hours already, but her determination was still burning. His secretary sat behind her desk, hitting the keys on her keyboard loudly and chewing gum. Rosie's leg was shaking from anxiety, she tried to stop it, but to no avail. "Are you sure that you don't want that coffee now, Miss Rosie?" The secretary glanced at her. "No, I'm fine. Thank you." Rosie continued to wait for some more hours, it was a pain stacking wait. Fi
"Hey!" Stefanie took out her gun.Normally, she would have aimed it at Stefanie, but she knew that it wasn't her doing, so she aimed it at Lucinda. Tears were streaming down Stefanie's eyes, her hand was shaking, but the gun was still pointed at him. "I'm sorry." She sobbed. "I don't want to do it, David, she said she is going to post everything about my past life." "Just do it." He told her with a still face. "Go on, do it!" "Don't say that!" She cried. "Please." "I have the flash right here with me, Stefanie," Lucinda called after her. "If you don't do what I want, I will ruin your life!" "You have the black card, it has more money than anyone has seen in your lineage." Rosie hissed. Lucinda looked at her and laughed. "If it isn't his lap dog speaking." Lucinda mocked her. "How do you feel? You are right behind him all the time and you think that he is not going to fuck you up really soon?" Rosie wasn't fazed, the gun was still pointed at Lucinda, one word from David and s
Stefanie couldn't understand why Lucinda was smiling even though she had just told her that David ruined her life. She kept down the plate of food, she was now very sure of the fact that it was definitely poisoned. Lucinda noticed this, but she just laughed it off. She picked up the remote control and changed the channel immediately, she had put on a comedy show and was laughing hysterically with the audience. Stefanie was watching her as if she had gone mad. "David took your home?" She swallowed. Lucinda stopped as she looked at her. "What, you think that I am lying or something?" She frowned. "No, that's what I mean, what I am trying to say is that he never said anything about this," Stefanie said. She was trying her best to show Lucinda that she wasn't trying to be offensive. Lucinda crossed her legs as she looked at Stefanie, her eyes piercing through her soul. "You think David Wyatt is a saint, don't you?" She asked. "What?" "You think he is a saint, I mean, that's ho
After watching the CCTV footage in the cafe, Rosie and Tommy left again. Tommy drove while Rosie sat beside him, deep in thought. "So what do you think happened here?" He asked. "And where did she go?" "We saw her break the black card after she made the withdrawal, she could be anywhere at this point." Rosie sighed. Tommy glanced at her, but he kept on driving. "If the black card is only given out by David Wyatt, maybe there should be ways to find out how much she withdrew, maybe it wouldn't give us an idea of what she wanted to use the money for." "Withdrawals made with the cards can be tracked, that's why they were specially made. For untraceable transactions." She said, Tommy faced the road as he kept going, it seemed like there was so much on her mind. "Hey." He said to her, "Don't worry we will find her." "I don't know, Tommy, I have a very bad feeling about this." She confessed. He saw how worried she was, so he took her hand and gently squeezed it gently. Firstly he
The cameras showed Stefanie leaving, but no one saw her walk out. She wasn't dragged out, she went out of the building without anyone forcing her. That fueled the possibility of her actually running away, which made David even more angry. He was so disturbed that Rosie took it upon herself to dig even more into the situation. She spent the night at the office alone, reviewing the CCTV videos. A coffee to keep her eyes open and her brain alert, she kept watching the videos again and again. She noticed that Stefanie came out holding her phone very close to her chest like she didn't want anyone to take it from her. "Strange…" Rosie got closer to the screen of the computer. Stefanie was looking around too like she wanted to make sure that no one was looking at her. She finally got out of the building and into a taxi, the taxi didn't have a plate number and the driver wasn't seen. "Son of a bitch…" she muttered. She heard a knock on her door and her ears stood up like those of a
It was like a joke, she was there for one second and she was gone for the next. It looked like a joke, everyone went from wanting to kill David to looking for Stefanie, it was like she disappeared into thin air. Nothing was coming forth, not even after they looked at all the cameras and found nothing, it was a worrisome situation. After she had been missing for twenty-four hours, the police were invited. It was a sight to see, everyone stopped when the chief of the police came to see David personally. He walked into the building with his guards and they marched to David's office. David was waiting, his hands behind his back and a very worried look on his face. "Mister Wyatt? I am the chief of police, Frederick Lawson, I will be handling your case." "Hello, thank you for being here. Please let's talk in my office." David led him in and the door was shut tight. It was just David, the Chief, and Rosie, no one else was there. The chief took off his large hat and placed it on h
Even David didn't realize that his mother was going to be there, given that he didn't invite her to the "party." He knew where to look, Rosie was looking as guilty as a pickpocket caught in the act. "You call my mum!" He looked at her. "Rosie, is this you having a death wish?!" His mother rolled her eyes as she placed a defensive hand on Rosie's shoulder. "Imagine what would have gone wrong if she didn't." His mother said. "Maybe you should be thankful to her." She looked around at all those pointing guns at her son, but her face froze immediately. "Antonio." She called. Antonio dropped his gun even further as he slapped his face. "Don't tell me that Alexa is his mum!" Now this was David's turn to be confused. The Grand Master was looking at them with a smile on her face. She didn't really come here to save anyone, she didn't care that much, she only thought it would be fun to watch. "Thanks for calling me, Rosie," Alexa said. She took a step forward, she examined the situ
Finally, almost at midnight, Lilian and Antonio arrived at the office. There were no extravagant billboards, no sign to show that it was David's place, everything was turned down. Lilian texted David very quickly to make sure that he knew they were there. Antonio got out of the car, he couldn't stop looking at the huge building. "Wow, this is so beautiful." He said. "Whose place is this?" "I didn't research that, but Dominic Ford's son will be here, there is supposed to be a dinner party." She said, "Oh, I see." He said. "We somehow were able to get seats." "Nothing better than having front seats to watch that fucker die." He muttered. Lilian smiled as they walked into the building. David planned this very well, there were people there to meet them and they were led up to the first floor, then the terrace. Antonio stopped when the beautiful scene met his eyes. The beautiful lights, the beautiful decorations, the nice, huge table, he was blown away by it immediately. "Wow,
Rosie's eyes almost popped out of her socket when David told her about the new development. "Wait, please, wait a minute." She held up her hand. "Are you trying to tell me that you, willingly, invited her Uncle– who wants to kill you? – to come to see you kill yourself?!" "Exactly, that's just about it." He nodded. She puffed out her mouth and held her hands behind her neck. "David, I mean this in the most respectful way, what the fuck?!" "It's high time I get this settled," David said. "I mean, how long am I going to keep playing this game with him?" "How do you intend to kill yourself?!" She asked. "That man may be retired, but he is still very dangerous.""We are all dangerous people, aren't we?" He asked. "Maybe, just maybe, I will be able to have a civil conversation with him, but if not, I will die." "You can't die!" She rebuked him with horror in his eyes. "You are the owner of a trillion-dollar business empire, you can't die!" David looked at the pen in his hand. Black
It looked like it took just a twinkle of an eye and David was on the plane with Stefanie. He couldn't leave her alone in the town, she looked sick and he didn't trust her uncle. As they sat in the plane, they were flying through the night. They were sitting a few seats from each other and no, it was not because they got into some kind of argument. It was because she was dozing off and David laid her on the chair to give her as much space as she needed. She never really slept off, her eyes were half shut, and she was looking at David through the half-shut lids. He looked worried, the way he looked out of the window, even though it was nothing but darkness out there. She felt her heart worry for him, whatever was in his head right now that was making him worry so much. She knew how much he cared for Gary, the man was like his father – but David wasn't going to be caught saying that. She shut her eyes again and said a small prayer to God. For David's sake, let Gary be okay. She